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Disney Parks will be be a part of Star Wars Celebration VI with exclusive merchandise and presentations. They will also be offering their Carbon Freeze Me experience which was first offered at Star Wars Weekends.

Coming this month to Disney theme parks -- and just in time for the new Muppets movie -- is a new set of Star Wars Muppets crossover figures, expanding the popular line that launched with six figures in 2008!
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Last Friday, June 3rd, was the Disneyland opening for the new Star Tours: The Adventures Continue attraction. Crowds were in out in full force to experience the update to the original Star Wars ride simulator. When I arrived before park opening, even the security bag checkpoint just off the trams was jammed with more people than I had ever seen. Inside the park itself was no different, with an impressive throng of people.

The line had quickly grown out of control beyond even what Disneyland had planned for, leading to confusion as cast members scrambled to lay down green
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The other day while walking by Cody Hampton’s office, I saw something that made me return to my office and grab my camera. He wasn’t in his office at the time but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to take the picture shown above. Cody is the Associate Product Developer for Toys and Games and clearly he has a fun job (I mean who wouldn’t enjoy playing with toys all day?). He had just received the final production samples of action figures featuring The Muppets dressed as Star Wars characters. I later asked Cody about
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Outside Star Tours, anticipation is building among Star Wars and Disney enthusiasts, so much so that a few fans wait at the attraction's entrance every day, in case there's an unannounced preview of the simulator thrill ride.
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From the Disney Parks blog, the Star Tours II destinations list was revealed, and it includes Tatooine, Coruscant, Kashyyyk, Hoth, Naboo, and Geonosis, which as the picture teased, has the Death Star nearby. Whether or not we ever actually get there is another story, but given how the last tour went, one can safely assume it won't all go completely smoothly.
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Fans who know where to look may have caught a couple recent updates from Disney regarding some exclusive Star Wars pins and pin sets coming soon to Disneyland Resort in Southern California -- a Star Tours launch pin from Disneyland Park as well as several Star Wars pin exclusives and first offerings at the Disneyland Hotel in June!

Disney.com recently announced an exclusive Star Tours launch pin (shown below) that will be available April 14 at Disneyland, with registration starting
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Star Tours, the Disney theme park attraction based on the Star Wars saga, is currently being revamped and is scheduled to reopen around May 2011. The updated Disney parks attraction will involve, in some capacity, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader, stormtroopers, new skytroopers, Boba Fett, Yoda, Admiral Ackbar, Princess Leia, and "maybe even" Chewbacca
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The Official Disney Parks Blog updates with the dates for Star Wars Weekends 2011 that will be held at Disney's Hollywood Studios every Friday, Saturday and Sunday from May 20-June 12.

The event features one of the galaxy’s largest gatherings of Star Wars characters all around the theme park, offering photo and autograph opportunities. There are special Star Wars parades, trivia challenges, Jedi Training Academy, limited-edition merchandise and memorabilia, behind-the-scenes presentations, star
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Walt Disney World president Meg Crofton announced today the launch date for the reimagined Star Tours experience: May 20, 2011, "just in time for Star Wars Weekends." Mark your calendars and set your navicomputers to Walt Disney World in Florida for this important Star Wars event. This all new Star Tours attraction will roll out to other Walt Disney parks on dates yet to be announced. Likewise, the specific dates for this year's Star Wars Weekends will soon be announced.
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